Western Envoys Confer With Molotov On Crisis
Western envoys from the United States France and Britain met Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov in Moscow to push a procedural accord on the German crisis The Kremlin session followed by a British embassy meeting could define the next phase of talks and a possible four power statement The group hopeful after days of negotiations includes Walter Bedell Smith Yves Chataigneau and Frank Roberts with Stalin not attending tonight.
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Moscow
Kremlin
V. M. Molotov
U.S
Intpnmants
Walter Bede Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Stalin
Walter Bedell Smith
Water shortage hits Blueville hilltop areas
City Manager Curtis D. Decker urged Grafton residents to conserve water during a heat wave as high level districts suffer low pressure and outages. He noted pressure remains unreliable in upper areas while some lower section users waste water by lawn sprays and excessive use.
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Curtis D. Decker
Grafton
Blueville
City Hall
Decker
Bears Destruction Of Trail Signs Surprises Foresters
Beckley West Virginia August reports that black bears are dismantling U S forest service trail markers along routes in Greenbrier Pocahontas and Tucker counties. Spokesmen note signs are rustic heavy planks creosoted and pink yellow stained. bears have damaged posts and planks while officials seek reasons for the unusual activity.
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Beckley
West Virginia
U.S. Forest Service
Forestry Service
Greenbrier
Pocahontas
Tucker
Heat Maxes Out As Blueville Hits 96 Degrees
Grafton and Taylor county faced extreme heat with Blueville’s official station recording 96 degrees at 2 pm. The town endured a day of scorching temperatures believed to be the hottest in years, surpassing last summer’s 92 degree record. The weatherman forecast relief with not quite so hot and cloudy conditions and scattered showers for Saturday, with fair, continued warmth tonight.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Blueville
W. A. Myers
See No Relief In Sight For Weather
Huntington August 27 The Marshall college summer graduating class was told that the philosophy of doom must have no place in the life of Democratic America if she is to give her best to the world Dwayne Orton director of education for the International Business Machines Corporation spoke at the event MARSHALL page 5
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Huntington
Marshall College
America
Dwayne Orton
International Business Machines Corporation
Marshall
Weekend Heat Bakes Nation While Humidity Rises
Federal forecasters warned of the hottest weather of the summer with temperatures near 90 to 100 and 102.8 at La Guardia. The heat extended from the Ohio River valley to New England, with several cities recording record or near record highs and factories cutting hours due to heat.
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Chicago
Sakolas
New England
Mercury
Midwest
Ohio River Valley
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Federal Weather Bureau
Florida
U. S. Weather Bureau
New York
la Guardia
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Weather Bureau
Louisville
Columbus
Portland
Huntington
W. Va
Name Consulting Physicians Join Staff Here
Four neighboring city physicians were named as consultants to the City hospital medical staff and six other out of town doctors were appointed with privileges to use hospital facilities. Dr. Justice C. Pickett was named orthopedic surgeon and consultant. Dr. George F. Evans named internal medicine. Dr. John F. McCuskey in urology. Dr. James M Bonard in basiology. Those physicians will be honorary staff. The six locals given admit privileges include Dr. Charles C. Smith, Terra Alta. Dr. Olin Goodwin, Galloway. Dr. W. M. Davis, Bridge See.
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City Hospital
Justice C. Pickett
Morgantown
George F. Evans
Clarksburg
John F. McCuskey
James M Bonard
Fairmont
Charles C. Smith
Terra Alla
Olin Goodwin
Galloway
W. M. Davis
Bridge
Extended Weather Forecast for Aug 28 to Sept 1
The forecast calls for not as hot Saturday but hotter by Monday with temperatures about six to eight degrees above normal. Scattered showers expected Saturday afternoon and again Tuesday or Wednesday. Total rainfall near a quarter inch.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Huntington Weather Bureau
Railroads Seek Higher Rates on Coal Coke and Iron Ore
Railroads petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for a nationwide freight increase to lift coal coke and iron ore rates. They seek 25 cents per net ton or 28 cents gross for coal and coke and 20 cents for iron ore, arguing rates have not kept pace since 1939. They claim the move would raise about 140000 dollars annually based on 1947 traffic.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Caroline Mars Off On 4200 Mile Trip
The Navy flying boat Caroline Mars departed Honolulu at 7:13 a m hawaiian time for Chicago on a nonstop 4200 mile flight expected to take about 22 hours The 824 ton craft is the largest operational flying boat in the world and was flown to Honolulu from Alameda California in 12 hours 3 minutes Its formal commissioning as a naval craft will occur on arrival in Chicago The second annual sale of the West Virginia Purebred Swine Breeders Association will be held next Thursday at the farm of Dr J Howard Smith near Ripley WV.
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Onolulu
Caroline Mars
Chicago
Honolulu
Alameda
Calif
SWINE
Saleripley
West Virginia
Swine Breeders Association
J. Howard Smith
Revercomb Seeks Campaign Edge With Communist Issue
Senator Revercomb charges the Truman administration failed to root out Communists in federal service. In Keyser W Va he frames this as a patriotic duty amid national debate on Russia. The issue mirrors Rankin's anti Russian stance and may influence the upcoming election dynamics.
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Jack Bemn
Washington
Revercoma
R.w.va
Keyser
W. Va
America
Truman
Congressional
Congress
Rovercomb
Matthew M. Neely
Revercomb
Russia
Hep
Rankin
Mississippi
Senate
Joe Stalin
Stalin
Thomas E. Dewey
Revercome
Hurricane Hunter Loses Aid In 100 MPH Storm
A Navy Hurricane Hunter entered a 100 mile per hour hurricane about 900 miles east of Miami and lost radio contact. The storm was moving northwest at about 15 miles per hour toward the Florida Georgia coast, though it remains distant and could alter course. Lt. C. W. Gibbs of Laurens, South Carolina, piloted the plane which had previously tracked the disturbance. Steamships were evacuating the path, including the Russian freighter Petmakis Nomikos.
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Miami
Fla
Navy
Florida-Georgia
Grady, Norton
C. W. Gibbs
Laurens
5.C
Petmakis Nomikos
Huge Well Brought In At Wirt County Field
PARKERSBURG Aug. 27 United Fuel Gas Company reported a 7,000,000 cubic foot well at 5,700 feet on Limestone hill Wirt County. The new well sits in the same field as a 12,000,000 cubic foot producer recently brought in by the company.
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Parkersburg
United Fuel Gas Company
Limestone Hill
Wirt County
Demonstrators Seize Berlin City Hall Again
In Berlin on August 27 Communist led demonstrators forced entry into city hall for the second straight day. They disrupted a meeting of the anti Communist city council and pressed for a handpicked regime from Communist dominated unions to replace the council. A spokesman denied an action committee role, but the crowd vowed to return as they sought to paralyze city government and set up a Communist front.
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Richard K. O'Malley
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Yeelld
First U.S. Olympic Stars Return Home On Ship This Morn
One hundred sixty eight U.S. Olympic athletes arrived home to a large harbor celebration. Among them were 31 gold medalists including basketball team members, decathlon champion Bob Mathias and swimmer Ann Curtis. The Washington escorted by police boats, with two fireboats in display, drew about 5,000 spectators at the dock.
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Harold Claassen
New York
U.S
G.I
Bob Mathias
Tulare
Calif
Ann Curtis
San Francisco
Washington
U. S
U S backs French move for western European parliament
The United States endorsed France to form an all western European parliament with advisory powers. State Department said it favors progressively closer integration of free nations of western Europe and is sympathetic to France’s proposal to an assembly among Brussels alliance members Britain Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
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United States
France
State Department
Free Nations
Western Europe
Saire Department
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Compton Resigns from Gafton City Hospital Board
H Crawford Compton resigned as president of the Gafton City hospital board citing ill health. Clyde N. Mays was elected to succeed him, a Baltimore and Ohio railroad accountant active in local clubs. The board met at the hospital and handled routine business.
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H. Crawford Compton
Gafton City Hospital
O. Jay Fleming
Hupxuis Hospital
Compton
Clyde N. Mays
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mays
Moose
The
Elk’s Son
Kiwauls Club
Huntington Grandmother Starts Master’s Degree Journey
Mrs. Gladys Shafer Lapole of Huntington, a grandmother, earned a bachelor of arts at Marshall College summer commencement and plans to leave Huntington next month to pursue a master’s degree at another college. She works as a case reviewer in the department of public assistance district office.
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Huntington
Gladys Shafer Lapole
Department of Public Assistance
Marshall College
Lapole
Resignation of State Fire Marshal Kidd at Charleston
State Fire Marshal Robert H. Kidd of Burnsville resigns for personal reasons and will leave office September 30. Kidd has served as fire marshal since March 15, 1943, and made the move known to Insurance Commissioner D. Butler Kidd.
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Charleston
Robert H. Kidd
Burnsville
D. 8
Butter
Kidd
Statewide Heat Wave Locking In As Relief Fails
The Huntington weather bureau forecast a hot week beyond the halfway point of a blistering heat wave in West Virginia with five more days of 90s to 100. Rainfall expected only a quarter inch, and many towns reported 90s with Charleston, Huntington, and Morgantown among the hottest spots. Farmers watch stock water needs as pastures dry in Cabell County while corn may benefit unless dry spells persist.
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Huntington
Wheeling
Morgantown
Clarksburg
Charleston
Weather Bureau
Logan
Fairmont
Morgan
Parkersburg
Elkins
Petersburg
Bluefield
Cabell County
Milk prices stay same locally in big Lucas dairy move
Taylor county papers claim a statewide milk price rise includes Marion and Harrison counties but Victor J Lucas Dairy says no increase here next week. George Lucas confirms and other major local dairies led by Knotts Zorik and Warder will likely follow, serving about 85 percent of the city.
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Taylor County
Marion
Harrison
Victor J. Lucas
George Lucas
Carl Knotts
George Zorik
Charles ‘Warder
Committee Tries To Define Rights Of Atheists For Radio Talks
Washington August 27. A special House committee on the FCC investigation set a public hearing for Tuesday to define the radio rights of a person who denies God. Chairman Harness of Indiana announced the inquiry into a 1946 FCC statement on the matter.
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Washington
Harness
House
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Wee
Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Stilemasters to Dixie tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. Stilemasters of 230 West Washington Street to attend tonight's presentation of Red Ryder at the Dixie theatre starring Allan Lane.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
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